Gardens
Top tips for National Gardening Week
This week is National Gardening Week – and we’ve got some top tips to help nurture the Scotland’s gardening skills. Despite spring being in full bloom, a new study has revealed that many Brits lack even the basic gardening know-how. When asked about their green thumbs over half (57%) of UK adults admitted that they…
Read MoreBaby birds will soon be hatching in your garden
If you’re listening out for the chatter of springtime chicks you don’t have too long to wait with blue tits among the first garden bird species to lay and hatch eggs. As the nesting season gets underway, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is sharing what makes blue tits special and asking members of the public to…
Read MoreGardening centre’s roots are in the community
The days are getting longer, the birds are sounding happier and at last we are seeing signs that Mother Nature is awakening from her drawn out winter slumber. As many of us consider planting a bulb or two and tending to the patchy lawn in the front garden, Ben Reid Garden Centre is busy preparing…
Read MoreBeechgrove Garden is back for the spring season
It’s a perennial favourite that always comes into bloom each year. The Beechgrove Garden is back, re-potted, with a new look in a new home on the new BBC Scotland channel, having marked its 40th birthday last year. Springing back onto our screens just in time for the Easter holiday gardening weekend, Beechgrove provides the…
Read MoreEnjoying natural highs at Wemyss Castle
When Charlotte Wemyss arrived at her husband Michael’s family home in Fife, its six-acre walled garden overlooking the Forth contained a few redcurrant bushes, five ancient apple trees and three geese. Twenty years on, and the gently sloping south-facing site at Wemyss Castle has been transformed into a striking garden, a skilful combination of traditional…
Read MoreLearn traditional skills of gardening in Scotland
Those interested in creating and maintaining a Scottish garden will be interested in a course taking place late next month. Gardening in Scotland: Principles and Practice of Establishment & Maintenance is being held at the National Trust for Scotland’s magnificent Pitmedden Garden, in Ellon, Aberdeenshire. The hands-on course is being run by The Scottish Traditional…
Read More10 Scots who were welcomed to the jungle
Scots get all over the world in the name of science. These heroic explorers risked life and limb to travel around the globe and discover the species of fl ora that make our gardens the beautiful places that they are today 1. Thomas Thomson (1817-1878) When he was only seventeen, Thomson discovered fossil mollusca on…
Read MoreBring spring into your home with houseplants
Now that spring is on its way, we’ll be starting to think of plants in our homes and gardens. It won’t be long before the grass is needing its first cut of the year, and we’ll be thinking of what our borders, flowerbeds and hanging baskets will need in 2019. But it’s just as important…
Read MorePut a spring in your step with expert essential tips
Spring officially started this week, and the UK’s leading garden centre, Dobbies is helping remind us of the reasons why springtime officially makes us happier. Celebrating the arrival of spring with the Spring Equinox, Dobbies is inviting us to plug back into nature and enjoy all the benefits the season of colour can bring. The…
Read MoreGarden tourism will be blooming lovely this year
Scotland’s garden tourism industry is set to bloom this summer. A further as £37,000 funding has been awarded to national garden tourism group, Discover Scottish Gardens, to build on its success. The group, which was launched in 2015 with Growth funding from VisitScotland, has been awarded the grant to help boost its member network of…
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